Mich vs Ohio

Football doesn't come much better then this game last night.

BCS title game will tell it all but in my opinion Ohio showed that they should be # 1 but the system being what it is we have to wait a few more weeks.

Nov 19, 2006

Where we spend a lot of time.

The Florida Room.Bear sure loves to play with his toy bone and slid it under furniture,then ask someone to retrieve it for him.

Florida Room Picture Wall

911

TWO THOUSAND ONE, NINE ELEVEN (2001-9/11)

Two thousand one, nine eleven,
Three thousand plus arrive in heaven.
As they pass through the gate,
Thousands more appear in wait.
A bearded man with stovepipe hat,
Steps forward saying, "Lets sit, lets chat"

They settle down in seats of clouds,
A man named Martin shouts out proud,
"I have a dream!" and once he did,
The Newcomer said, "Your dream still lives."

Groups of soldiers in blue and gray,
Others in khaki, and green then say,
"We're from

Bull Run, Yorktown, the Maine",
The Newcomer said, "You died not in vain."

From a man on sticks one could hear,
"The only thing we have to fear."
The Newcomer said, "We know the rest,
trust us sir, we've passed that test."

"Courage doesn't hide in caves,
you can't bury freedom, in a grave."
The Newcomers had heard this voice before,
A distinct Yankees twang from Hyannis port shores

A silence fell within the mist,
Somehow the Newcomer knew that this
Meant time had come for her to say
What was in the hearts of the five thousand plus that day.
"Back on Earth, we wrote reports,
Watched our children play in sports.
Worked our gardens, sang our songs,
Went to church and clipped coupons.
We smiled, we laughed, we cried, we fought,
unlike you, great we're not."

The tall man in the stovepipe hat,
Stood and said, "Don't talk like that!
Look at your country, look and see,
You died for freedom,

just like me."

Then, before them all appeared a scene
Of rubbled streets and twisted beams.
Death, destruction, smoke and dust,
and people working just 'cause they must.

Hauling ash, lifting stones,
Knee deep in hell, but not alone.
"Look! blackman, whiteman, brownman, yellowman,
Side by side helping their fellow man!"
So said Martin, as he watched the scene, "Even from nightmares, can
be born a dream."

Down below three firemen raised
the colors high into ashen haze.
The soldiers above had seen it before,
Back in '45 on Iwo Jima's shores.

The man on sticks studied everything closely,
Then shared his perceptions on what he saw mostly.
"I see pain, I see tears,
I see sorrow -- but I don't see fear.

"You left behind husbands and wives,
Daughters and sons and so many lives
Are suffering now because of this wrong,
But look very closely... you're not really gone.

All of those people,

Even those who've never met you,
All of their lives, they'll never forget you.
Don't you see what has happened? Don't you see what you've done?
You've brought them together, together as one".

With that the man in the stovepipe hat said,
"Take my hand," and from there he led
Three thousand plus heroes, newcomers to heaven,
On this day, two thousand one, nine eleven.

Author UNKNOWN (What a shame!)

Living room

Back yard

Home

Last year after repainting house.

November 15, 2006 4:00 am

Top : plastic replaced
Bottom: Last year w/o AC unit


Morning all,

Worked most of the day yesterday on my porch off of the car port.It's a screened in area where I can come get on laptop and have a smoke.

Two sides have doors and sliding panels, one leading to carport area for motorcycle and cars,the other leads to the back yard.

The third side is screened but with no panels.Last year I covered that side with clear plastic to make it comfortable in the cooler months,and keep a heater out there.This year I added an 8,000 BTU AC unit.This makes it very comfortable year round.

Well this year during the summer, with the sun rays being what they are down here in Florida they did a number on that plastic.When I went to replace plastic it literally broke apart in my hands.So I remeasured each panel,applied glue and attached Velcro along each edge.

Had some help from "Bear" while I was cutting plastic on floor,he seemed interested in how those scissors worked!

One panel done 2 to go.

November 7,2006

Hi everyone,

Today was voting day and the END OF ALL THOSE NEGATIVE Ads..thank goodness.Politicians are something aren't they.We'll see if the conservatives got it done. Thank you Mr Kerry your statement about our troops sure helped a lot of people to wake up.

Started working on my 7,000 some pictures on the desktop,ran across a "Browser" called Flock interesting program seeing how I use both Photobucket and Flickr

Bear relaxing

  

Nov 3,2006 Bear in back yard